(POUND RIDGE, N.Y.) – Pound Ridge Golf Club – the nationally-ranked, Pete Dye-designed destination course 40 miles north of New York City – recently announced offseason rates of $150 and $100 per round after 2 p.m. from November 1 through December 31, seven days a week.

(POCONO MOUNTAINS, PA) – While the fall season is an optimal time for golfers to visit the scenic Pocono Mountains (www.800poconos.com) and its impressive roster of more than 35 courses, there is plenty more to do in the coming weeks than tee it up amongst the spectacular foliage. Golfers can find perfect fairways lined with color by checking the Pocono Mountains Visitor Bureau’s new Fall Foliage Forecast link at www.800poconos.com/visitors/fall-foliage-forecast/.

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The state of Pennsylvania has a history as rich and varied as any state in the Union, from the time when Delaware, Iroquois and other American Indians roamed its green wilds, through to the Civil War era.

LEWISTON, N.Y. – Western New York has a new destination that the golfing public is sure to notice. Representatives from the Seneca Nation of Indians, Seneca Gaming Corporation and the Town of Lewiston joined together recently to celebrate the ceremonial opening of Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course, a $25 million public golf course that will officially open for play on July 2. The challenging par-72 layout was designed by renowned golf course architect Robert Trent Jones, Jr.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Tooling along at 60 mph behind the protective glass windshield of an automobile on the freeway can seem kind of slow. Glacial, even. Pushing 60 in an open-topped bobsled down a track with more curves than Penelope Cruz and concrete walls with less padding than a steel cage match? When there's no snow in sight? That seems crazy. Snakes on a Plane crazy.

SPARTA, N.J. - It starts with a shot from a raised tee that's right below the clubhouse lawn. Turn your head as you set up for the tee shot and you might see the backyard grill sizzling and a business man talking into his cell phone.